What is BOUNTY? Definition of BOUNTY in Black's Law Dictionary
A gratuity, or an unusual or additional benefit conferred upon, or compensation paid to, a class of persons. Iowa v. McFarland, 110 U.S. 471, 4 S.Ct. 210, 28 L.Ed. 198; In re Hoag, D.C.
N.Y., 227 F. 478, 479. A premium given or offered to enlisted men to induce enlistment into public service. Abbe v. Allen, 39 How.Prac., N.Y., 488.
An amount appropriated by Congress to repay the city for rental value of land taken for navy yard during Civil War as not a bounty. Moyers v. City of Memphis, 135 Tenn. 263, 186 S. W. 105, 113, Ann.Cas.1918C, 854.
Bounty is the appropriate term where services or action of many persons are desired, and each who acts upon the offer may entitle himself to the promised gratuity. Reward is more proper in the case of a single service, which can be only once performed, and therefore will be earned only by the person or co-operative persons who succeed while others fail. Ingram v. Colgan, 106 Cal. 113, 38 P. 315, 28 L.R.A. 187, 46 Am.St.Rep. 221. Bonus, suggests the idea of a gratuity to induce a money transaction between individuals. Abbott.
Bounty Lands
Portions of the public domain given or donated as a bounty for services rendered, chiefly for military service. See 43 U.S.C.A. § 791.
Bounty of Queen Ann
A name given to a royal charter, which was confirmed by 2 Anne, c. 11, whereby all the revenue of first-fruits and tenths was vested in trustees, to form a perpetual fund for the augmentation of poor ecclesiastical livings. Wharton.
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